In case you've just joined us...what I'm doing is..
I found a huge pile of my 7 inch singles in the side room laying dormant and seemingly unloved ( which is not the case really ) and I decided I wouldn't interfere with the order they had assembled themself into and pick up the pile and go thru them 10 at a time and record them and podcast them and post it on this blog. I have no idea which 10 singles are coming up next !! And I'm having a great time doing it....

Saturday, January 19, 2013

#105

Starting off today with a release on the mighty Au Go Go records from Scapa Flow ( and that's the Sydney band of the early 80's not the later Swedish band of the same name ) and their first single.

The Box were Sheffieldians ( another first single ) was a band made up of early members of Clock DVA. Berlin Blondes were Glaswegians, one of about three singles they had ( from fading memory ). They were plugging them in Australia for some reason ( probably more on Sounds with Donny Sutherland than on Countdown ), this single was produced by Mike Thorne who had been working mostly with Wire up to that point. Mi-Sex I'm sure need no introduction at this point, the track today being the title cut from their 2nd album.

The Bodysnatchers obviously part of the 2 Tone scene ( this single produced by Jerry Dammers ), an all girl group, probably better known under that name for their earlier single "Lets Do Rock Steady", and who were in fact the writers of "The Boiler" with the Special AKA, the "Rhoda" on that single being Bodysnatchers member Rhoda Dakar. This page on the 2-Tone site has a more coherent history of the band for ya.

After that not much more that's not overly self evident, other than the usual Sheffieldian & Liverpuddlian connections and the fact that Peter Wilson had a production hand with both Mssers Weller & Howard on their respective singles.

See you next time, where having had a sneaky look ahead in the pile, I can say that it will be an all Aussie double coming next.